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Name:
Pedro Michael Cavaleiro de Miranda
Place of Birth:
Cambridge, UK
Date of Birth:
19 Sept. 1959
Nationality:
Portuguese, British
Address:
Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon
Campo Grande
1749-016 Lisbon
Portugal
Tel: +351 217500177, +351 217500310
Fax: +351 217500030
E-mail: pcmiranda@fc.ul.pt
Academic degrees:
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“Agregação em Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica”, Faculty of Science,
University of Lisbon, 2014
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M.Sc., Computer Science, University College London, UK, 1992
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Ph.D., Physics, University of Sussex, UK, 1987
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B.Sc., Physics, University of Sussex, UK, 1981
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International Baccalaureate, Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
France, 1977
Present position:
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, since June 2014.
Previous positions:
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, 1993-2014.
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Senior scientist, Neuroelectrics Barcelona SL, Barcelona, 2011-2012.
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Coordinator of the Biomedical Engineering course (5 years, BSc+MSc), Faculty
of Science, University of Lisbon, 2007-2011.
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Director, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of
Science, University of Lisbon, 2005-2011.
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Subdirector, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of
Science, University of Lisbon, 1999-2005.
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Research Fellow, Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Research Group, St.
George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK, 1987-1991.
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Research Fellow, Rutherford and Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, UK, 1985-1986.
Main scientific area of research: Stimulation of excitable tissues
Other scientific areas of interest: MRI, Medical Imaging
Recent publications:
1. Miranda PC, Mekonnen A, Salvador R, Basser PJ, “Predicting the Electric Field
Distribution in the Brain for the Treatment of Glioblastoma”, Phys Med Biol, 2014,
59:4137-4147.
2. Ruffini G, Fox MD, Ripolles O, Miranda PC, Pascual-Leone A, “Optimization of
multifocal transcranial current stimulation for weighted cortical pattern targeting
from realistic modeling of electric fields”, NeuroImage, 2014, 89:216-225.
3. Miranda PC, Mekonnen A, Salvador R, Ruffini G, “The electric field in the cortex
during transcranial current stimulation”, NeuroImage, 2013, 70: 48-58.
4. Merlet I, Birot G, Salvador R, Molaee-Ardekani B, Mekonnen A, Soria-Frish A,
Ruffini G, Miranda PC, Wendling F, “Simulation of tCS effects on cortical
activity and subsequent scalp EEG signals”, PLoS One, 2013, 8(2): e57330.
5. Miranda PC, “The physics of effects of transcranial brain stimulation”, Ch. 29, in
Brain Stimulation: Handbook of Clinical Neurology, AM Lozano and M Hallett,
Editors. 2013, Elsevier Science.
6. Angelakis E., Liouta E., Andreadis N., Leonardos A., Ktonas P., Stavrinou L.,
Miranda P. C., Mekonnen A., Sakas D., “Transcranial alternating current
stimulation reduces symptoms in intractable idiopathic cervical dystonia: A case
study”, Neurosci Lett, 2013, 533: 39-43.
7. Ruffini G., Wendling F., Merlet I., Molaee-Ardekani B., Mekonnen A. , Salvador
R., Soria-Frisch A., Grau C., Dunne S., Miranda P. C., “Transcranial current brain
stimulation (tCS): Models and technologies”, IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng,
2013, 21(3): 333-45.
8. Márquez-Ruiz J., Leal-Campanario R., Sánchez-Campusano R., Molaee-Ardekani
B., Wendling F., Miranda P. C., Ruffini G., Gruart A., Delgado-García J. M.,
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“Transcranial direct-current stimulation modulates synaptic mechanisms involved
in associative learning in behaving rabbits”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012,
109(17): 6710-5.
9. Wagner TA, Miranda PC, “Biophysical foundations of TMS and tES: from
electromagnetic fields to neural response”, Ch. 5, in Transcranial Brain
Stimulation, C Miniussi, W Paulus and PM Rossini, Editors. 2012, Frontiers in
Neuroscience series, CRC Press.
10. Peterchev A. V., Wagner T. A., Miranda P. C., Nitsche M. A., Paulus W., Lisanby
S. H., Pascual-leone A., Bikson M., “Fundamentals of transcranial electric and
magnetic stimulation dose: definition, selection, and reporting practices”, Review
Article, Brain Stimul, 2012, 5(4): 435-453.
11. Faria P., Hallett M., Miranda P. C., "A finite element analysis of the effect of
electrode area and inter-electrode distance on the spatial distribution of the current
density in tDCS", J Neural Eng, 2011, 8(6): 066017 (11 pp).
12. Salvador R, Silva S. Basser PJ, Miranda PC, "Determining which mechanisms
lead to activation in the motor cortex: A modeling study of transcranial magnetic
stimulation using realistic stimulus waveforms and sulcal geometry", Clin
Neurophysiol, 2011, 122(4): 748-758.
13. Rossi S, Hallett M, Rossini PM, Pascual-Leone A and The Safety of TMS
Consensus Group, "Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for
the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research." Clin
Neurophysiol, 2009, 120(12): 2008-39.
14. Salvador R, Miranda PC, Roth Y, Zangen A, "High permeability cores to optimize
the stimulation of deeply located brain regions using transcranial magnetic
stimulation." Phys Med Biol, 2009, 54(10): 3113-28.
15. Miranda PC, Faria P, Hallett M, "What does the ratio of injected current to
electrode area tell us about current density in the brain during tDCS?" Clin
Neurophysiol, 2009, 120(6): 1183-7.
16. Silva S, Basser PJ, Miranda PC, "Elucidating the mechanisms and loci of neuronal
excitation by transcranial magnetic stimulation using a finite element model of a
cortical sulcus." Clin Neurophysiol, 2008, 119(10): 2405-13.
17. Miranda PC, Correia L, Salvador R, Basser PJ, “Tissue heterogeneity as a
mechanism for localized neural stimulation by applied electric fields”, Phys Med
Biol, 2007, 52(18): 5603-17.
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18. Miranda PC, Lomarev M, Hallett M, “Modelling the current distribution during
transcranial direct current stimulation”, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2006, 117(7):
1623-29.
19. Miranda PC, “Basic electromagnetism”, in “Magnetic stimulation in clinical
neurophysiology”, M. Hallett and S. Chokroverty, Editors. 2005, ButterworthHeinemann: Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1-15.
20. Miranda PC, Hallett M, Basser PJ, “The electric field induced in the brain by
magnetic stimulation: a 3D Finite Element analysis of the effect of tissue
heterogeneity and anisotropy”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 2003, 50(9): 1074-85.
21. Castro-Caldas A, Reis A, Miranda PC, Ducla-Soares E, “Learning to read and
write shapes the anatomy and function of the corpus callosum”, in “The Parallel
Brain: the cognitive neuroscience of the corpus callosum”, E. Zaidel and M.
Iacoboni, Editors. 2003, A Bradford Book, The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. pp.
473-7.
22. Carvalho M, Miranda PC, Sales Luís ML, Ducla Soares E, “Neurophysological
features of fasciculations potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation in
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”, Journal of Neurology, 2000, 247(3): 189-94.
23. Carvalho M, Miranda PC, Falcão F, Jardim L, “Reproducibility of cortico_ motor
threshold: some observations”, Muscle & Nerve, 1999, 22(4): 538-9.
24. Carvalho M, Miranda PC, Sales Luís ML, Ducla Soares E, “Cortical muscle
representation in ALS patients: Changes over the disease evolution”, Muscle &
Nerve, 1999, 22(12): 1684-92.
25. Castro-Caldas A, Miranda PC, Carmo I, Reis A, Leote F, Ribeiro C, Ducla-Soares
E, “Influence of learning to read and write on the morphology of the corpus
callosum”, Eur J Neurol, 1999, 6(1): 23-8.
26. Miranda PC, Carvalho M, Conceição I, Sales Luis ML, Ducla-Soares E, “A new
method for reproducible coil positioning in transcranial magnetic stimulation
mapping”, Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol., 1997, 105(2): 116-23.
Patents:
1. "Coil for magnetic stimulation and methods for using the same" - NIH
Patent numbers: WO200232504, EP1326681, AU2002229129,
CA2425276,
US2004078056, HK1056849, US 2008312706, JP 2008093466, AU 2912902
2. "Transcranial magnetic stimulation system and methods" - Brainsway
Patent numbers: WO2006134598, US2006287566, AU2006257210, CA 2610991
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